Defining new objects by using Infrastructure Discovery

Important

The MainView Explorer host server is required to use the Infrastructure Discovery component.

You can define new objects for the local system by using Infrastructure Discovery. You can also define several objects at the same time, by using the TAG line command to tag each object that you want to add. After you have tagged all the objects that you want, issue the ADD primary command by using the following procedure.

Related topics

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To define a new object for the local system

  1. Navigate to the TDSCOBJS view.
  2. Issue the ADD command to open the Object Creation Options dialog box.
  3. In the Object Creation Options dialog box, enter the following information:

    1. (Required) In the Object Name field in the Naming Standards section, type S next to Job Name or InstanceID to select it.

      Best practice
      If you are defining a started task, we recommend that you select Job Name.

    2. (Optional) In the Short Name field in the Naming Standards section, type S next to Job Name or InstanceID to make the variable names unique from object to object. The short name determines if automation variables need to be created in the variable pool of the BMC AMI OpsA PAS associated with the TOM address space. 

      Important

      If you do not need automation variables, leave this field blank. Creating automation variables uses up resources in the system.

    3. Best practice
      We recommend that you leave the field blank to let TOM provide a distribution model for the object if one is available.       (Optional)       Leave the Use TOM distributed models field blank to let TOM provide a distribution model for the object. If you don't want TOM to provide a distribution model, enter a value in the field to define the object yourself. 

    4. (Required) In the Convention field in the Object naming section, type a naming convention for the object. Type ? to view a list of possible naming conventions. Select a line from the list by typing S next to it, and issue the END command to indicate the convention that you want to follow. Be consistent in your choice of naming conventions across the system. For more information, see Naming-conventions-for-objects-and-items.
    5. (Optional) If you are defining an object that runs on multiple systems, you should create a layer object. When you use layering, after you define an object once, you can reuse the object definition to quickly create management on new systems. To define a layer object, type the name of the layer object in the Convention field in the Layer Object naming section. Type ? to view a list of possible name naming conventions. Select a line from the list by typing S next to it, and issue the END command to indicate the convention that you want to follow. Be consistent in your choice of naming conventions across the system. For more information, see Naming-conventions-for-objects-and-items.
  4. Issue the Next command to continue to the next step.
  5. (Optional) In the Objects To Create dialog box, issue the B(rowse) line command to browse the definition before writing it into the selected definition base. Issue the END command to return to the previous dialog box.
  6.  In the Objects To Create dialog box, issue the END line command to create the object.

After you've created an object, the TOBJ view is displayed to provide information about the object you've have defined.

 

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